Jim Root Quotes

Jim Root
Jim Root
American Musician
Born: Oct 2, 1971
Band Guitar Me Think Time You
For Slipknot, I'd say drumming is only 50 or 60 percent of the job. The rest of it is who you are and what your personality is. Jim Root
You Personality Job Rest Say Percent Only Drumming Your Who
All my racks are the same between Slipknot and Stone Sour. The only thing I'll do is switch out pedals in the GCX system. But it's the same heads, same wireless, same GCX. Jim Root
System Out Only Wireless Between Heads Sour Same Stone The Only Thing Switch Thing
You know, unfortunately I'm only one person. I can't really be in two places at one time and the amount of focus that I need to put into Slipknot makes it really difficult for me to be on tour with Stone Sour. Jim Root
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So many bands play to tracks - what's the point in coming to see them live if they're playing to a CD? Jim Root
CD Live See Point Tracks Coming Bands Them Many Play Playing
The thing that scares me about the way the music industry has changed so much is that I'm afraid that the record, the album, will disappear, and it'll go back to the way it was in the '50s where everything is single-based. Jim Root
Music Me Will Changed Music Industry Back Everything Way Scares Record About Disappear Industry Go Afraid Where Much Thing Album
Slipknot's the kind of band you need to step away from and kind of take a break from and let it heal, so to speak. Jim Root
You Speak Band Kind Take Step Heal Break Away Need
I want to see the guitar in a non-linear sense that encompasses tones, arrangements, songwriting, audio production, and everything else - you have to do it all. Jim Root
You Guitar Sense Else Everything Everything Else See Songwriting Arrangements Audio Want Production Tones
I'm always living at least a year ahead of where I'm really at, and that can really lead you to some negative thoughts and some bad vibes. Jim Root
Thoughts You Ahead Negative Year Vibes Living Negative Thoughts Bad Some Lead Always Least Where Really
It's always been about the live show for us. We're having Halloween onstage every night. Jim Root
Halloween Live Every About Having Onstage Always Been Us Show Every Night Night
In my opinion, I would still like to go into a studio - because I love the environment of being in a studio - and record a great album beginning to end, but then maybe not release it as an album. Maybe put singles out there, put songs out there - either give some away or release some the traditional way. Jim Root
Love Great Beginning Way Release Out I Love Would Record Some Give Songs Studio Put Environment Like Because Opinion Still Go Traditional Singles Traditional Way End Maybe Being In My Opinion Either Then Away Album
I've seen the Tortilla Guy hashtag when I'm going through my Instagram and all of that and I think it's pretty funny. It's weird because I've met this guy before, I know who he is, but he's really kind of elusive, even around our camp. I've had some people tell me, 'Don't tell us who he is. We're having fun trying to figure it out!' Jim Root
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It's important to evolve without ever straying too far from your roots and what established you. Jim Root
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I like to improvise so much live because I get bored playing the same thing over again. It's like the kid at school that already knows all the answers so doodles all over the paper. I do that a lot live. Jim Root
School Improvise Same Thing Live Paper Kid Bored Over Like Knows Because Answers Lot Get Same Again Much Thing Playing
I love 'Mad Max' and 'The Road Warrior,' in particular - those movies are very close to my soul, you know what I mean?! Jim Root
Love You Soul Warrior Those Mad I Love My Soul Road Particular Know Very Close Max Movies Mean
Well that's probably what'll end up happening: a load of really good musicians who can't afford to be in bands, who have to have day jobs, you know what I mean? And then that's when you start losing a lot of the live touring bands. Jim Root
Good Day You Musicians Losing Live Jobs Touring Know Well Lot End Up Bands Afford Happening Mean Then Really Who Start Load
Rick Rubin was able to do things that Dave Fortman could never do. I'm not trying to take anything away from Dave Fortman as a producer. He's extremely talented. He wasn't able to get nine people together on the same page and, to me, that's the most important thing in making a Slipknot record. Jim Root
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As you're touring there are so many layers to a live show, it has always been important for me to have a guitar that I can use live and in the studio. Jim Root
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Sometimes I can be a little bit I don't know, stubborn or something. Maybe to a fault. Jim Root
Fault Sometimes Bit I Can Something Stubborn Know Maybe Little Little Bit
In a nine-piece-band is one guy gonna call up eight guys and have a 45-minute discussion about every decision? No. So things are a lot more democratic in Stone Sour. Plus, we're closer and it's a lot easier to communicate. In Slipknot that's the big problem - communication. Jim Root
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I can never look at anything I do subjectively - whether it's a Stone Sour record or a Slipknot record, I can never really have my own opinion of it, 'cos in my opinion it's all crap. Jim Root
Own I Can Record My Own Never Look Opinion Sour Stone In My Opinion Crap Anything Whether Really
I like to keep my world positive. There's enough negativity kicking around. Jim Root
Positive World Enough Negativity Kicking Like Around Keep
There's such an energy and emotion to rock music, which is a lot of the reason I go back to '60s and '70s bands and look at some of the fire they had. Jim Root
Music Fire Energy Back Some Emotion Had Look Rock Rock Music Go Lot Bands Which Reason
I use Pro Tools version 9 LE at home and I take that on the road with me. Jim Root
Home Me Tools Take Road Version Pro Use
I don't like to try to put, like, 'Let's do this type of record,' 'cause it never turns out that way anyways. Jim Root
Cause Try Type Way Out Record Never Put Like Turns
Dave Fortman really helped me appreciate Rick Rubin as a producer. Jim Root
Me Dave Producer Really Rick Helped Appreciate
We're just kind of dark as humans, generally. Jim Root
Dark Kind Generally Just Just Kind Humans
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